Andreea Diaconu

last updated 02/Mar/2015

DATE OF BIRTH

28 Mars 1991

NATIONALITY

Romanian

BACKGROUND ANDREEA DIACONU

At 21, Andreea Diaconu joined the Vogue family as she posed for the first time in the magazine for photographer David Sims in the New York Partie 3 editorial for the February 2013 issue dedicated to the Big Apple. The Romanian model has attracted the attention of many model scouts since her adolescence, but rejected their offers, wanting to focus on her passion for karate instead. She only decided to start modeling as a means of paying for an intensive karate course her parents wouldn’t fund. From her debut, Andreea Diaconu caught the eye of top stylists like KatieGrand and GraceCoddington. Not ready to make the full leap into modeling, she tried to balance her studies with her first photo shoots, which proved to be difficult when she found herself in front of the disciplinarian who was holding Pop Magazine and waiting for a good explanation as to why the young model had feigned illness to miss class for the photo shoot. Once established in New York City, Andreea decided to follow the footsteps of her role model, Daria Werbowy and devote herself to modeling without forgetting her love for karate. She first showed during Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007, and has since continued to show off her beautiful, prominent cheekbones on the runways of Isabel Marant, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani. During Haute Couture Week Spring/Summer 2013, the brunette beauty opened for AlexandreVauthier and walked for GiambattistaValli, Atelier Versace and Chanel, and appeared in Vogue Paris February 2013 edition embracing a New Yorker and wandering the city in rain and shine, on foot and by bike wearing Céline’s sandals for the summer.

Andreea Diaconu first graced the pages of Vogue Paris when she was shot by David Sims in the February 2013 New York Partie 3 shoot, going on to appear on the cover of the June/July issue that year for the first time, for which Mario Sorrenti captured her enviable figure. Inside, the Romanian model shared her tips for maintaining a healthy body and mind. In May 2013, Andreea Diaconu and David Sims worked together again, for Dune, a shoot in the heart of the burning desert. The model appeared in Vogue Paris next in February 2014, for which she posed for Mario Sorrenti's camera in the steamy Irrésistibles shoot, and now she features in the March 2014 issue. Working with photographer Gilles Bensimon, the model takes center stage in the Miss Vogue Grand Bleu spread, sporting blue in every color, from pure indigo to deep navy, as she poses between the sea and sky.